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Traffic laws up for amendment today

Jul 12, 2012 News

 
On conclusion of a debate over the amendment of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, traffic ranks may have additional tasks to perform in relation to the issuing of traffic tickets.
A motion to amend the existing Act is scheduled for discussion in the National Assembly today. According to a notice released by the Clerk of the National Assembly, the House will be looking at the procedural process relating to the issuing of traffic tickets to offenders. It will also amend the consequences for those who fail to adhere to traffic penalties imposed on them.
According to the Parliament document, Clause 2 of the existing bill will require traffic ranks to not only issue traffic tickets but also to submit copies of such to the officer in charge at their respective stations and to the clerk of court.
The amendment is also seeking to install the penalty that if an officer fails to do the abovementioned, then he commits an offence against discipline and is thus liable to punishment as imposed under the Police (Discipline) Act.
Clause 23, the document continued, deals with the disqualification of the license, and sets out procedures to be followed where the alleged traffic offender does not appear at the court at the time mentioned in the notice.
The amendment will provide for the progressive increase in the penalty for the failure to pay the sum attached to the traffic ticket. It further sets out the purpose for disqualification, and the penalty to be incurred, where the disqualified person applies for or obtains a licence during the period of disqualification. The procedure to be followed by the clerk of court and the disqualified person where a disqualification order has been made will also be outlined.
The amendment notice has shown that traffic ranks will submit traffic ticket copies for the purpose of record which will be submitted within no more than three days to the clerk of court of the magisterial district in which the offence was committed.
The amendment in relation to drivers who commit a traffic offence reveals that if a complaint under section 8(6) is made in respect of an offence in connection with driving and the alleged offender does not appear in court at the time of the notice, the court may proceed with the matter. An order can also be made disqualifying the alleged offender from obtaining or holding a driver’s license until the time the offender pays the sum specified.
The bill notice stated that a disqualification may have the same effect as a conviction or order under the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act. The clerk of court in relation to this disqualification, shall send notice of the order to the Licensing Authority and Road Traffic Act and the Commissioner of Police.
The disqualified person shall on demand by any police constable, surrender his licence. Upon payment of the specified sum to the clerk of court, the disqualified person shall apply to the police constable for the return of his licence.

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